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3 Structure and Bodies of the Swiss National Science Foundation Foundation Council President Vice-president Hans Ulrich Stöckling Prof. Anne-Claude Berthoud National Research Council President Prof. Dieter Imboden Divison presidents Prof. Meinrad Perrez (Div. I) Prof. Christian Leumann (Div. II) Prof. Hans-Rudolf Lüscher (Div. III) Prof. René Schwarzenbach (Div. IV) Specialised committees Prof. Isabel Roditi (SC Individual Support) Prof. Ulrike Landfester (SC International Co-operation) Prof. Bernhard Schmid (SC Interdisciplinary Research) Administrative Offices Director Dr. Daniel Höchli, Director Rosemarie Pécaut, Vice-director Dr. Jean-Bernard Weber, Deputy director until Research Commissions > About Us > Organisation > Research Commissions Status as of

4 Research Activities of SNSF Funding by science area Amount in mill. CHF Per cent W M in % Humanities and Social Sciences % % Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences % % Biology and Medicine % % Non-apportionable % Total % % Status as of 2007 Funding by funding type Amount in mill. CHF Per cent W M in % Investigator-driven Research % Project Funding % % Funding of Individual Scientists % % Conference Grants % % Publication Grants % % International Co-operation % % Targeted Research % National Research Programmes % % National Centres of Competence in Research % % Total % % Status as of 2007

5 Project funding Amount in mill. CHF W M in % Requested amount % Approved amount % Total W M in % Number of applications submitted % Number of applications approved % Successful submissions 66 % % 35 years old W M in % Distribution of grant employees 81 % % Status as of 2007 Funding of individual scientists Funding instrument Approved applications Approved amount Total W M Total W M in % Professorships % EURYI % Pro*Doc % Fellowships for Advanced Researchers % Fellowships for Prospective Researchers % Marie Heim-Vögtlin Grants (promotion of women in science) % Total % Status as of 2007

6 National Research Programmes (NRP) NRP 40+ Right-wing Extremism NRP 50 NRP 51 NRP 52 NRP 53 NRP 54 NRP 56 NRP 57 NRP 58 NRP 59 NRP 60 NRP 61 NRP 62 NRP 63 NRP 64 NRP 65 Endocrine Disruptors Social Integration and Social Exclusion Childhood, Youth and Intergenerational Relationships in a Changing Society Musculoskeletal Health Chronic Pain Sustainable Development of the Built Environment Language Diversity and Linguistic Competence in Switzerland Non-Ionizing Radiation Health and Environment Religions, the State and Society Benefits and Risks of the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Plants Prospects of a sustainable gender equality policy in Switzerland Sustainable water supply and consumption Smart Materials Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials New Urban Intensity Status as of

7 National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCR) National Centres of Competence in Research Host institution First group (until 2001) FINRISK: Financial Valuation and Risk Management CO-ME: Computer Aided and Image Guided Medical Interventions Genetics: Frontiers in Genetics (IM)2: Interactive Multimodal Information Management Climate MaNEP: Materials with Novel Electronic Properties MICS: Mobile Information and Communication Systems Molecular Oncology Nanoscale Science North-South Neuro: Neural Plasticity and Repair Quantum Photonics Structural Biology: Molecular Life Sciences Plant Survival Second group (until 2005) Affective Sciences: Emotion in Individual Behaviour and Social Processes Iconic Criticism The Analysis of Image Processes Democracy: Challenges to Democracy in the 21 st Century Mediality Historical Perspectives International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence SESAM: Swiss Etiological Study of Adjustment and Mental Health University of Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich University of Geneva IDIAP Martigny University of Berne University of Geneva Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne ISREC Lausanne University of Basle University of Berne University of Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne University of Zurich University of Neuchâtel University of Geneva University of Basle University of Zurich University of Zurich University of Berne University of Basle Status as of

8 Research and Development on Switzerland Sources of finance for R&D in Switzerland 16 % 5% 2% 7% 70 % Private industry Federal authorities Cantons Foreign Others Total mill. CHF Source: Federal Office of Statistics, statistics 2004 R&D financing through federal agencies 5% 48% 9% 17% 4% 17 % Swiss National Science Foundation KTI/CTI Innovation Promotion Agency European Union Indirect financing at universities Intramuros Federal authorities Others Total mill. CHF Source: Federal Office of Statistics, statistics 2006

9 International comparison of research and development expenditure Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as a percentage of the GDP Sweden Finland Japan Korea Switzerland (2004) Iceland United States Germany Denmark Austria OECD France Canada Belgium United Kingdom Netherlands (2004) Australia (2004) EU27 Luxembourg Norway China Ireland New Zealand (2003) Source: OECD, Data 2005/Exceptions mentioned In 2004 Switzerland spent around 2.9 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on R&D, meaning that it was already investing almost as much money on R&D as the EU countries are aspiring to do by 2010 with their Lisbon target of 3 per cent.

10 Impact of scientific Publications Relative citation index Switzerland United States Netherlands Denmark United Kingdom Sweden Canada Finland Germany Belgium Austria Ireland France Israel EU Source: NSF, Science and Engineering Indicators Switzerland heads the table with a figure of This figure of means that the Swiss publications are quoted 15.2% more frequently than would be expected on the basis of the number of publications.

11 Patents Number of patents* per million inhabitants Japan Switzerland Germany Netherlands Sweden United States Finland Denmark France EU-15 EU Source: Federal Office of Statistics, 2005 * Patents that have been registered simultaneously with European and Japanese patent offices as well as granted by the US Patent &Trademark Office (triadic patent families).

12 Swiss National Science Foundation Press and Information Service Wildhainweg 3 P.O. Box 8232, CH-3001 Berne Phone +41 (0) Fax +41 (0) pri@snf.ch May 2008

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